Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-06-10
DAILY HERALD.
THE UNION PACIFIC.
A Prespector Who KNOWS s"c
Lower C0untry.

DAGGETT, June b, 1901
EprroRs Los ANGELES HERALp;-ln
the San Francisco Examiner OF
June lst, appears an article
headed 1.-THE Island Mystery in
which it says .'that the distance the
Union Pacific railroad would have to
build to reach into Southern California
would be almost 1000 miles, and the
road would have to run through hun
dreds of miles of alkali flats and lava
fields and that it would present no
practical possibilities for local business.
Nov the Gentleman who wrote that ar.
t,ole was either totally ignorant OF the
countrv. or else wilfully falsified the
facts for a purpose. The real facts OF
the case are simply these: There are
mot over $50 miles to build, and L am
reasonably acquainted with most OF the
country through which the road would
have to pass should they build tsrougn
to Los Angeles by way OF TINS
place. After leaving the line OF the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad going to-
wards Frisco, Utah, the present termi'
ms of the Central Utah railroad, the
line would pass through an almost I'm.
broken chain of country rich IN all oil
the known valuable minerals and aka
lius. The mountain ranges near wnien
the road would run are filled with lodges
rich in gold, silver, copper. iron and
lead: while borax, salt almost pure,
kaolin and other material for fine pot.
tery abounds. Foliated sole, 'rgely used
in glazing and in the manufacture oil nue.
writing papers. Huge beds OF soda and
sulphur, and coal fields almost unlimited
abound upon the flats aud lower hills,
whilst here and there large tracts OF
grazing and agricultural lands are only
awaiting the advent OF rail-.
road to build up on this now isolated
region large, prosperous and wealthy
community. Let him but look at his
map and trace the line of the proposed
road and he finds that it will pass
through at least fifty mining camps
known to be rich in minerals and only
lacking cheap fuel and transportation to
make them bullion producers sec
ond to none on the coast There
are many miners and prospect
ois, who, to my own knowledge,
have for years and years been working
and holding their claims, anxiously and
patiently awaiting the good time when
the building of railroad would realize
their long anticipations. Now what l
have written regarding this country are
facts. and can be .corroborated by hun
dreds of prospectors and others who
have Travelled over it. There
is one thing, Mr.. Editor,
that is very surprising to all old miners
and prospeetors is the way the fair, and
generally impartial editors of city jour-
mails are imposed upon by penny-a-
liners, especially those who write up
mining news. Is it ignorance or malice
that prompts them? for one am in.
-clined to think it the former, and II
could be easily remedied, for
in any city can be found
numbers of reliable men who know the
various portions of the mining country,
who would gladly set them right If their
reporters would only take the trouble to
interview them instead of consulting
some one who fills them up with hog
wash.
The Orc Grande Company's sixty
stamp mill has a large portion OF the
frame work up. ALI the lumber is on
the ground and a large force of car
penters, stone masons and laborers are
at work.
Mr.. j. B. Osborn has arrived and his
newly invented steam wagon will be
here in day or two. A new mill is
being built at the gold mines at Dry
Lake, some ferty miles south OF this.
Experts are now down examining the
rich deposits of Soda Lake. All the
mills around Calico are busily at work
with the exception of the Waterman
mill
The weather has been unusually cool
all spring and summer, and everything
points to new era of prosperity. The
one thing greatly needed to give us
portion Of the "boom" is the early COM
pletion of a railroad into the rich min
eral region which would be opened by a
road connecting Los Angeles with Salt
Lake City. Do what you can, and the
HERALD will still continue to be the ia
vorite of most of the old trail-bnilders.
The news from Providence aud Mes.
cal are very encouraging; also, from all
mining camps to the south and west OF
us. PResPECToR.